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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
2162
Age:
30
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
F Division
Enlistment:
June 14, 1888
Death:
September 9, 1890
Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Corporal Morphy was formerly a law student and clerk with the Federal Bank in Toronto. He was an accomplished athlete who captained the Toronto Rugby Union Football Club and oared competitively with the Argonaut Rowing Club. He was promoted to Corporal in February 1889. Corporal Morphy drowned in Lake Winnipeg when the Mounted Police boat capsized during a storm.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 16 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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